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طود

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Egyptian ḏwt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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طَوْد (ṭawdm (plural أَطْوَاد (ʔaṭwād))

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: جَبَل (jabal), طُور (ṭūr)
    • 14th century AH, سَيِّد رٍضَا الْهِنْدِي, اَلْقَصِيدَة الْكَوْثَرِيَّة:
      قَاسُوكَ أَبَا حَسَنٍ بِسِوَاكَ * وَهَلْ بِٱلطَّوْدِ يُقَاسُ الذَّرُّ
      qāsūka ʔabā ḥasanin bisiwāka * wahal biṭ-ṭawdi yuqāsu ḏ-ḏarr
      They measured you, Abu Ḥasan, against another/others * Is a speck of dust weighed against a grand mountain?

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References

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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 828
  • S̲h̲er, Addaï (1908) كتاب الالفاظ الفارسية المعرَّبة (in Arabic), Bayrūt: المطبعة الكاثوليكية للاباء اليسوعيين, page 114, connected to Classical Persian تود (tōd), توده (tōda, heap, pile).